| 100% | TIMESHAVECHANGED | 16 | "Things are different now" ... and an apt hint to three other answers |
| 39% | ALLKIDDINGASIDE | 15 | "But seriously," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | THEPLOTTHICKENS | 15 | "Now things are getting interesting" ... or a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 37% | IRONSUPPLEMENTS | 15 | GNC offering, and a chemical hint to three long puzzle answers |
| 37% | COMEONDOWN | 10 | "The Price Is Right" signature phrase, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 36% | EMPTYWORDS | 10 | Blather, and a phonetic hint to the four other longest answers |
| 36% | TURNDOWNSERVICE | 15 | Hotel amenity, and a hint to three puzzle answers |
| 36% | WHOVILLE | 8 | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 36% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 36% | FAME | 4 | "Hallmark Hall of ___," anthology TV series that moved from NBC to three other networks and now runs on Hallmark Channel |
| 35% | THEENDISJUST | 12 | With 43-Across, "When one door closes, another door opens," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 34% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 34% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| 34% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 33% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | BANDONTHERUN | 12 | 1973 triple-platinum album by Wings ... and what each of three answers to starred clues is, literally |
| 33% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 33% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| 33% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 33% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 33% | TUMBLEWEEDS | 11 | Drifters in some Western scenes ... and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 33% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | ALLFORONEANDONEFORALL | 21 | Famous rallying cry … and a hint to eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | ABANDON | 7 | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| 32% | AMRADIO | 7 | Medium for many talk shows ... and an apt place to discuss six puzzle answers? |